232 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM, 



316— Niltava grandis, JBiyth. (20). 



Paraduba ; Mooleyit. 



Confined apparently to Mooleyit and its spurs, where not 

 uncommon. 



[Is quite a forest bird; seen only in trees, dry brushwood, 

 and even fallen trees, but never, by me, actually on the 

 ground. It occasionally catches insects on the wing, but this 

 is not its common practice. It seems a sluggish bird, sitting 

 for half an hour at a time, quite still and silent, on a branch. In- 

 deed I never heard its note, but then I never met with it dur- 

 ing the breeding season. It is usually alone, not in pairs ; at 

 least this was the case in January and February. Those I 

 dissected had eaten nothing but insects. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c, recorded in the flesh : — 



Males. — Length, 8*0 to 88; expanse, 130 to 138 ; tail from 

 vent, 3-5 to 3"8 ; wing, 4'1 to 4-3 ; tarsus, 0'85 to 0"95 ; bill 

 from gape, 0"9 to 1*02 ; weight, l'O to 1*5 oz. 



Females. — Length, 8'2 to8 - 4 ; expanse, 12'5 ; tail from vent, 

 3-4 to 3'6 ; wing, 4*0 to 4*1 ; tarsus, 0*9 to 0'95 ; bill from gape, 

 1*0 ; weight, 1*4 to 1*5 oz. 



Irides deep brown ; in the male the bill is black ; legs and feet 

 black, or very dark plumbeous ; in the female the bill is brown- 

 ish black ; the legs, feet and claws fleshy pink. 



317. — Anthipes moniliger, Hodgs. 



Blyth gives this from Tenasserim. Wardlaw Ramsay is said 

 to have obtained it in Karennee ; the Tenasserim birds certainly, 

 the Karennee ones probably, belonged to the next species. 



317 Us.— Anthipes submoniliger, Hume, (6). Descr. 

 S E., V., 105. 



Paraduba ; Mooleyit ; near Meetan. 



Apparently confined to Mooleyit and its spurs. 



[A perfect little forest Flycatcher, with the same habits and 

 notes as C. rubeculoides. It was common enough about Mooleyit 

 and its spurs, but I never saw it elsewhere. — W. D.] 



319.— Siphia strophiata, Hodgs. (l). 



Mooleyit-. 



[I only saw one solitary specimen on Mooleyit, and I have 

 never met with it elsewhere. — W. D.] 



